(Look out now, coal fire's comin in the station)
(All aboard!)
Train is rolling down the track
And you know that it ain't looking back
Got a rhythm all it's own as you can see
So come on and ride the rail with me
Starts to huff and puff and you know it ain't long
Before it'll be going good and strong
Got places to go and people to see
So come on and ride the rail with me
Now don't stop to wait
Cause I'm telling you man you can't be late
This train is leaving at 2:08
So come on and ride the rail with me
Wheels turning down the track
Steam whistle blowing
I got a seat right near the back
Oh tell me baby where you're going
Go from Portland all the way to BC
Montreal to Albany
You can get from Boston to Washington DC
Come and ride the rail with me
Chicago, San Francisco Bay
NYC New Orleans just one day
Kansas City, St Louis hear some jazz on the way
Come and ride the rail with me
Now my connection was in Detroit down to Pittsburgh PA
Down to Charlotte and along the way
I hopped a freight back home, just to say
Come and ride the rail with me
Dallas, Seattle, Portland Maine
Oklahoma City, Austin, LA
You can see the US in a stylish way
Come and ride the rail with me
Wheels turning down the track
Steam whistle blowing
I got a seat right near the back
Oh tell me baby where you're going
You don't have to have a million bucks
And you don't have to have the very best looks
So hold on Gate take a tip from my book
Come and ride the rail with me
This train is rolling down the track
And you know that it ain't looking back
Got a rhythm all it's own as you can see
So come on and ride the rail with me
Starts to huff and puff and you know it ain't long
Before it'll be going good and strong
Got places to go and people to see
So come on and ride the rail with me
Now don't stop to wait
Cause I'm telling you man you can't be late
This train is leaving at 2:08
So come on and ride the rail with me
Ride the rail with me